good faith
/ˌɡʊd ˈfeɪθ/
"good-faith" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“good faith” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Good, honest intentions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-good-faith · good faith · English
good faith · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | good faith |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɡʊd ˈfeɪθ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “good faith” in English
Rare enough to double-check
good faith is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɡʊd ˈfeɪθ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Good, honest intentions.".
good faith has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of Anglo-Norman bone fei, Middle French bonne foy and Old French bonne foy, en bone fei (“loyally, with honesty, with sincere intention”) (modern French bonne foi (“good faith”), de bonne foi (“in good faith, in earnest”)), from Latin bona fidēs (“go… The correct English form is good faith, spelled G-O-O-D- -F-A-I-T-H.
Definition
- 1Good, honest intentions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how good faith appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He made a mistake, but acted in good faith.
Although this behavior may look suspicious, we should assume good faith.
Etymology
Calque of Anglo-Norman bone fei, Middle French bonne foy and Old French bonne foy, en bone fei (“loyally, with honesty, with sincere intention”) (modern French bonne foi (“good faith”), de bonne foi (“in good faith, in earnest”)), from Latin bona fidēs (“good faith”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.